<p>OK… I just about had a breakdown this morning when I had to do some unplugging and replugging (several times) back in for our cable modem/wireless router/power cords this morning. There’s got to be a better way to keep all the cords organzied so they don’t get so tangled behind a desk that’s next to impossible to move so you can access everything from the back. It becomes a maze of figuring out where each cord leads to, and which is the one you need access to.</p>
<p>Any fellow sufferers out there? </p>
<p>Any helpful suggestions?</p>
<p>You can buy cable/wire organizers at most electronic stores. I bought some at Best Buy. Mine are long flexible plastic tubular things that have a slit down the side so you can open them and slide in the wires. All those wires and cables drive me crazy, too. I wish everything were completely wireless!</p>
<p>Ours are all color coded…the colors on the wire match the plugs in the back of the tower. The wires themselves are hardly neat and tidy, though.</p>
<p>Speaking of wireless, we love our wireless mouse. Still trying to get DH to agree to a wireless router for DD’s new laptop.</p>
<p>I organize things when everything has been undone for some reason, then various things get redone by H and the tangling occurs. I have learned to ignore what’s out of sight until I have to pull on something… it’s not worth my time to arrange things logically every time a new device is switched and H will never think to do it. All the fancy organizers do no good when they aren’t used, I don’t suffer if I don’t look… sanity survival tactic.</p>
<p>haha, we use twisty-ties too. All those extra feet of unnecessary wire are bundled and twisted with a garbage tie :)</p>
<p>How timely! DS1 and I are tackling this project tomorrow now that school is finally out. Our plan is to put labels on the cords (right side printer cable, left side speakers) and then use cable ties to bind them into neater groupings. OF course, we may first tie up the person who suggested this project… ;)</p>
<p>Some good suggestions.</p>
<p>Splashmom: I don’t necessarily want to hide them, just make them more accessible without all the tangling. If you put them in the tubing, how do you manage different wires/cords of different lengths. How easy is it to access one wire when you need to when in the tubing?</p>
<p>Springfieldmom: This may sound dumb, but how do you color code a cord? I need a way to identify a bunch of black cords that look like spaghetti, not just where they come in and out of the equipment.</p>
<p>Calmom and chocoholic: I tried the wire twisty ties that come with food storage bags, but I haven’t tried garbage ties - the plastic kind that tightens up as you pull the lead through a hole.</p>
<p>Maybe once I get some garbage ties on them so they’re all approximately the same length, I can use one of the flexible tubes to hide them in.</p>
<p>This particular PC is in our study and was the one my D used to use… until today. She got her new MacBook for college, so I doubt she’ll be using the desk/PC anymore. So I hope to actually recreate some office space in there now that she won’t dominate the room. It will drive me nuts to have all those cords at my feet under the desk. There are soooo many cords, with wireless mouse, printer, wireless router, speakers, monitor, scanner, cable modem, etc.</p>
<p>Oh teriwtt, I’m pretty sure that the cords are not color coded, they are usually black or grey. What Springfieldmom was referring to is the plug at the end of the cord, which will be purple/red/yellow etc. to match where it goes into your computer (also colored accordingly).</p>
<p>I have, in my more organized days, tagged cords with masking tape or plastic tape, and written what it is/where it goes, but I don’t anymore.</p>